Friday, October 10, 2008
By Tommy Witherspoon
Waco Tribune-Herald staff writer

A 23-year-old Chilton man was sentenced to 80 years in prison Thursday in a home-invasion robbery of a 73-year-old Marlin man.

Judge Robert Stem of Marlin’s 82nd State District Court sentenced Joe Louis Landrum after a jury convicted him Wednesday of aggravated robbery.

“The jury did a great job, and his sentence is just a direct reflection of the type of protection we try to afford the elderly, children and those who cannot protect themselves,” said Falls County District Attorney Jody Gilliam.

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